marți, 29 decembrie 2015

As 2015 draws to a close and we head into the New Year, Big Bang′s Seungri donated 130,000 charcoal briquettes for those in need of warmth.

Seungri, who had a particularly active year promoting Big Bang′s new album and going on a world tour, decided to donate 30,000 charcoal briquettes to give back the support he received from fans and even spent time volunteering at the Seoul Charcoal Bank on December 29.

Seungri, who has volunteered with YG Family in the past, showed up early to volunteer in the cold weather alongside Jinusean′s Sean and other celebrities.

Seungri then donated 100,000 more charcoal briquettes on the spot in order to share the love he has received with more people. As such, including the original 30,000 briquettes Seungri originally intended to donate, he donated a total of 130,000 briquettes.

Meanwhile, Seungri will continue on Big Bang′s world tour with the members, performing at the Kyocera Dome in Osaka from January 9-11, the Yahuoku Dome in Fukuoka on February 6 and 7 as well as the Tokyo Dome on February 23 and 24.

News outlet Top Star News has revealed the 2015 album sales rankings according to Gaon Chart. They combined group, solo, and unit group albums sales. Then they compiled a list of the 26 top selling artists.

Did your favorite group or artist make the cut?

In first place comes EXO with a staggering 1,205,657 albums sold at the time this list was created. The large number of sales reflects the great size of their fandom.

BIG BANG comes in second with 423,341 albums sold. Third place goes to BTS who sold 343,928 albums. This number is an amazing feat considering that this group is newer than many others on the list. Looks like their popularity is rapidly increasing!

Meanwhile, SHINee combined with Jonghyun’s solo debut album sold 334,586 albums and reached fourth place. Rounding out the top five is Super Junior combined with Donghae and Eunhyuk’s unit group album. They sold 333,091 albums.

Check out the full list of the top 26 album sales rankings for 2015 below:

1. EXO (1,205,657)

2. BIG BANG (423,341)

3. BTS ( 343,928)

4. SHINee + Jonghyun (334,586)

5. Super Junior + Donghae & Eunhyuk (333,091)

6. Girls’ Generation + Taeyeon (327,624)

7. VIXX + VIXX LR (271,823)

8. INFINITE + Sunggyu (267,862)

9. C.N.BLUE + Jung Yong Hwa (199,263)

10. GOT7 (176,447)

11. SEVENTEEN (166,434)

12. TVXQ (151,707)

13. JYJ’s Junsu (127,829)

14. Red Velvet (93,044)

15. BTOB (92,749)

16. BEAST (87,224)

17. iKON (85,671)

18. A Pink (83,109)

19. B.A.P (80,953)

20. f(x) (73,753)

21. B1A4 (66,472)

22. 2PM (62,514)

23. Teen Top (58,424)

24. Shinhwa (57,767)

25. MONSTA X (50,319)

26. F.T. ISLAND (47,659)

Please keep in mind this list only includes album sales. Rankings concerning digital sales will likely yield somewhat different results. As 2015 is not technically over yet, these numbers are likely to change in certain increments (especially for artists who are currently promoting).

Seungri announced that all of the proceeds from the “Gatsby’s Fantastic Festival” party he sponsored on Christmas eve, would go towards “Seouls’ Briquette Bank” a coal briquette charity for the poor and underprivileged. Seungri spent the 29th delivering some of the 130,000 coal briquettes his donation purchased, with other volunteers for “Making a Warm/Hot South Korea” service.

seungriseyo: 따뜻한 겨울 보내세요^^ #연탄은행( Send a Hot/Warm Winter ^^ #BriquetteBank)(The sign says: Making Korea Hot/Warm….Syun & Seungri…Seoul Briquette Bank)(Note: Seungri donated to the Seoul Briquette Bank fund and when all the charities got together to donate, he was given a sign for his section so all of the volunteers working with him knew where to go. Multiple charities get together at a time to donate.)

As the year ends with various awards ceremonies and busy promotional schedules, industry experts took the time to analyze this year’s leaders of pop culture.Media site Herald Biz surveyed ranking officials from leading agencies in the entertainment industry such as CJ E&M, tvN, the big three music agencies namely SM Entertainment, YG Entertainment, and JYP Entertainment to get a grasp of which leaders and icons were especially influential in 2015.Whether or not this comes as a surprise to netizens, the list consists of artists, variety persona, and agency figureheads alike. With 2015 wrapping up as another tumultuous year for K-pop, see if you agree with these 10 pop culture leaders below.

2015 was the year of male soloists and boy bands — at least according to Gaon‘s respected streaming chart.

Local news outlet Hanguk Ilbo combined streaming chart data generated between December 28, 2014 and December 19, 2015 to find out which songs were most popular among the Korean public in 2015. The article refers to information provided by leading music chart Gaon, which compiles data from six leading music sites including Melon, Bugs, and Mnet to provide comprehensive charts about music sales, streaming, and more.

Surprisingly, only one girl group made the list this year — and on top of that, with a song released in 2014. EXID places eight with its viral hit “Up and Down.”

The only female soloist to break into the Top 10 is Baek Ah Yeon with her chart-topper “Shouldn’t Have.”

Also worth pointing out are this year’s big names BIG BANG and Zion.T. Both have three tracks in the Top 10, proving their commercial appeal and wide popularity.

Beloved ballad singer Brown Eyed Soul‘s Naul tops the list with his first solo single “You From the Same Time.”

On the 27 this month in the afternoon, YTN “Enter K” show summarized Korea’s entertainment scene for the year 2015, selecting the singer of the year 2015.

In the show, different singers were picked as the candidates for the singer of the year 2015. BIG BANG was selected as the best singer of the year by 41 entertainment reporters.

Reporter Jung Joon-hwa who appeared in the show as a panel member said, “This year, many top singers came back one after another. Some said that it seems like G-Dragon creates hit songs even by just breathing.”

duminică, 27 decembrie 2015

this video was created and posted by TC Candler youtube channel. The channel combines reviews and opinions of multiple film critiques to create their opinions and ratings. While we are not sure if this rating honestly holds any merit or not, the most beautiful people video is popular each year and this year, also included T.O.P and Taeyang. So we thought it was no harm to include it here.